Tag: bullying

A week ago today I was invited to give a view on whether the Euro would survive by a friend of mine in the Ryze Network.

My response ~

re: Is the Euro in Danger?

Hi Rob,

Another good subject to wonder!

The euro is under pressure – not just because of the PIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Spain) as they are commomly referred to.
Current theory in EU euro elite which includes Germany -whose economy has been run on Calvinistic principles and is dependent on export earnings – is to bully Greece to get into line even at the cost of blood on the streets.
This naive thinking is to send a message to the other three that bail-outs are not going to happen.
In all four countries excesses abounded – just like US and UK, however both have their own currency and can use fiscal measures to adjust them. As an example the £ has effectively been devalued by around 25% over the last year or so. Makes exports appear to be cheaper and imports more expensive.

The choices for the euro are:

Allow the markets to devalue it by ‘selling’ making it weaker.
Issue bonds to countries in difficulty – which Germany is against.
Keep it as is and run risk of say Spain saying – we want out and stuff the euro – we will not have blood on the streets over the issue.
Keep it as is and Germany may say – we want out – look elsewhere for your soft loans.

Finally agree on a general devaluation which would immediately be followed by a market further devaluation.

It looks to me that whatever decision is made it will certainly be more in Germany’s favour than anywhere else.
On the other hand no decision means that German exports get cheaper to buy as the market devalues the currency – looks like a win-win for them.

We are indebted to the author Dan Brown for bringing us today’s subject.

We pride ourselves on being “The Home of The Other News”.

That so, we begin by apologising that you may ask ‘what is new about spreading the dislike or lack of trust about our leading but not lending banks’?

Put simply, it is that they have destroyed the lives of a lot of hard working and retired people – many of whom and their families will never recover their previous quality-of-life. Even today the senior employees of those, guilty of the most serious breach of fidiciary trust, are preening themself over the last quarters £ billion profits. We are lucky to get any return whatsover on our investment in them.

This puts in perspective the power of bullying that lies not only in their psyche but also within the regulatory authorities and our elected government.

Attitudes must change in order that this is put right now – not a ‘mea culpa’ – only an actual bank penance of returning that which they took from their victims will .